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On 25 Oct 98, at 23:28, kevin gunter wrote: > Went to change oil for the first time and realized there are some gasket > issues here. One local VW guru mentioned something about cutting out > cereal boxes. I was wondering what some of you do? Also, any strong > opinions on 30 wt. vs 10w-30? The gaskets are cheap and can be reused several times. Even I (Mr. Cheap) would not bother trying to make my own. To make 10W-30 oil, for example, you take 10W oil and add a "viscosity enhancer" to it so that it will also pass the 30 viscosity test. The only problem with this is that the early viscosity enhancers stood up poorly to shear and high temps, so they did not last well in the ACVW engine where the temps were higher than in a water cooled car. So it you used 10W-30, you would end up running your car on 10W before the next oil change. When our cars were new, multigrade oils were in their infancy, so VW recommended straight weight oils. Since then, oils have greatly improved, and I don't think there is much reason to worry about this. Still, I like to limit the amount of viscosity enhancer that my engine is depending on, so I like to limit the span of the weight range. I use 10W-30 in the winter, but I would prefer to use 20W-40, rather than 10W-40, in the summer. Unfortunately, I have not been able to buy 20W-40 for years. There is some 15W-40 out there, but it is expensive, so I haven't tried it. Jim - ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------- Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/